# Moderator placings... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 6, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016 "2003-06-06T04:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/1 "2003-06-06T04:52:09Z")
I was wondering - are mods assigned to a forum the type of person that would post in that forum often if they were not a mod? Are they assigned based on personality in any way? How do you become a mod? Can I become a mod (theoretically)? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/2 "2003-06-06T05:46:50Z")
[Who decided which mods would moderate a particular forum?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=176641) [How are mods chosen?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=155259) Both past threads from this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/3 "2003-06-06T05:56:23Z")
Thanks **Ice** ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/4 "2003-06-06T09:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*Can I become a mod (theoretically)? \*\* Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/5 "2003-06-06T12:21:20Z")
\<\< Can I become a mod (theoretically)? \>\> In theory, sure, anyone can become a moderate. First, your forswear any prior allegiance to either the far right wing or the far left wing, and you move to a more centrist position. Over time, you continue to drop whatever policies are still on your radar scope at the far right or far left, taking a narrower and narrower position at the center. You will then become a complete center-of-the-roader, or, affectionately known as an extreme moderate. Theoretically. Oh, wait, did you mean…? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/6 "2003-06-06T12:46:08Z")
I thought you had to dress is ankle boots, cool suits and skinny ties? Man, I’m so out of touch. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-placings/180016/7 "2003-06-06T18:21:19Z")
Don’t call them, they’ll call you.